Albacete property and area FAQs

Albacete is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 45 official population nuclei for Albacete. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-22. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Albacete, at a recorded elevation of approximately 681 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include El Salobral (950 residents in the cited settlement record), Santa Ana (924 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanización Casas Viejas (221 residents in the cited settlement record), Tinajeros (217 residents in the cited settlement record), and Argamasón (191 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llanos. Halfway between Madrid and the Mediterranean coast, it benefits from connections by motorway, railway (including AVE), and air (Albacete Airport). The municipality of Albacete is also the seventh-largest in Spain by total area, being 1,125.91 km2 (434.72 sq mi). Albacete is the seat to the regional High Court of Justice.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 1,125.9 square kilometres for Albacete municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 686 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The official municipality context used for Albacete has INE code 02003. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.9956, -1.8558. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 171,874 by the recorded municipal area of 1,125.9 km² gives approximately 152.7 residents per km² for Albacete municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Albacete is an official municipality in Albacete province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 45 official population nuclei for Albacete municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Albacete is in Albacete province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Albacete is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

The audited municipality record contains 189 additional named-place records for Albacete municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 02003 and keeps the province label Albacete. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The stated official-data scope is Albacete municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

The latest imported INE population for Albacete municipality is 171,874, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Albacete municipality, recorded population changed by 0.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Albacete municipality is €14,611 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.8 years for Albacete municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 18.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Albacete municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Albacete municipality changed by 0.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Albacete municipality, the highest population value is 172,083 residents in 2019.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Albacete municipality is 171,172 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Albacete municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Albacete municipality, the lowest population value is 170,433 residents in 2015.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

The page uses 9 published observations for Albacete municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The displayed series for Albacete municipality begins at 170,433 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 6.5% for Albacete municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Albacete municipality records €1,476 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,762 per square metre for Albacete municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Albacete municipality begins at €1,339 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Albacete municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,762 per m² in 2026Q1.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Albacete municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 677 transactions in 2026Q2.

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

The displayed Registradores series for Albacete changed by 9.4% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Albacete.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Albacete municipality changed by 46.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Albacete province changed by 10.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Castilla - La Mancha begins at 5.5% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed series for Albacete municipality begins at 462 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Castilla - La Mancha is 6.2%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The page uses 8 published observations for Castilla - La Mancha, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

The current snapshot contains 2,265 recorded transactions for Albacete municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

Within the same displayed series for Castilla - La Mancha, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 5.4% in 2024Q4.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Castilla - La Mancha is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE reports a house-price index of 110.9 for Castilla - La Mancha in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Dirección General del Catastro records 18,753 buildings for Albacete municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 87,655 dwellings for Albacete municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,979 for Albacete municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 6,005 energy certificates for Albacete municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 6,424 buildings, or 34.4% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 2,064 recorded buildings for Albacete municipality, representing 11.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Albacete municipality, 7.9% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 6,424 recorded buildings for Albacete municipality, representing 34.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 6,260 recorded buildings for Albacete municipality, representing 33.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 87,655 dwellings across 18,753 buildings for Albacete municipality, or approximately 4.67 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,827 recorded buildings for Albacete municipality, representing 15.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 1,085 recorded buildings for Albacete municipality, representing 5.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Albacete. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.